Cookie Policy

“This Cookie Policy explains how we use “cookies” and similar technologies (such as “web beacons”, “pixels” or “tags”) on the PERLLON website at www.perllon.com and www.perllon.co.uk (“website”) or in our marketing emails (our “Services”). It is designed to help you in making informed decisions when using our Services. This Cookie Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions.

Cookies are very small text files or pieces of code, which often include an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, the website will request to store this text file on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information Other information gathered through cookies may include the date and time of visits and how you are using the particular website.”

We also use similar technologies to cookies known as “web beacons”, “pixels” or “tags”. These technologies do a similar job to cookies, allowing website operators to count page views and understand how visitors interact with and respond to certain content on a webpage or email. 

For the purposes of the remaining sections of this Cookies Policy, we refer to all cookies and similar technologies using the above features as “cookies”. 

We use “first party cookies” and “third party cookies” in connection with our Services. First party cookies are cookies placed by us to collect information about you. Third party cookies are cookies placed by third party website operators. Information about you collected by those third party cookies will be shared with the relevant third party. Please refer to the relevant third party website operator’s privacy notice for more details about the information they collect and how they use it. 

Please note that our website may link to third party websites which are not operated by us. Where you follow links from our website to the website of a third party, that website may place different cookies on your device. You should check the relevant privacy notice and/or cookie notice for more information about how that third party uses cookies. 

You should be aware that applications you use to access our website, such as your internet browser, may also place cookies on your device when visiting our website, or other websites. We do not have control over these third party cookies, so you will need to manage these cookies in the settings of the relevant applications. 

For more details on cookies and similar technologies, please visit the Cookies page of the Information Commissioner’s Office here. 

HOW LONG 

All cookies have expiration dates that determine how long they stay in your browser: 

• Session Cookies – these are temporary cookies that are placed on your device during your browsing session and then expire (and are automatically erased) whenever you close your browser. 

• Persistent Cookies – these are designed to last for a pre-defined period of time, which varies depending on the nature of the cookie. Persistent cookies stay in your browser until they reach their individual expiry date, or until you manually delete them. 

TYPES OF COOKIES 

We use the following types of cookies: 

• Essential Cookies – These cookies are necessary to provide you with services on our website and to deliver some of its essential features. For example, taking payments for transactions, ensuring the website’s pages load quickly and correctly, preventing fraudulent activity, holding items in your shopping bag, enabling us to understand usage of the site (including monitoring for bot attacks) and maintaining site service during peak periods. 

• Functional Cookies – These cookies provide enhanced website functionality and personalisation to make your shopping journey easier. They may be set by us or by third party service providers that we work with. They enable functionality such as allowing you to begin a live chat session with one of our customer service representatives, displaying product reviews, ratings and recommendations and enabling you to offer referral discounts to your friends and family. 
• Analytical Cookies – These cookies help us to better understand how our website is being used so that we can measure and improve the performance of the site. For example, they monitor and track international usage of our website and the performance of certain payment options and customer services functionality. 
• Advertising Cookies – These cookies help us to learn what you’re interested in so that we can show you relevant adverts on other platforms, such as Google, Facebook and Instagram. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They perform functions such as selecting adverts that are based on your interests and limiting the number of times that you will see the same advert. 
• Social Media Cookies – These cookies enable you to share pages and content from our website that you find interesting through third-party social networking (such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and other websites. These cookies are not within our control. To learn more about social media cookies, you should also refer to your social media platform’s Cookie Notice and Privacy Notice. 

The below list details the cookies used in our website.

MANAGING COOKIES 

There are various ways that you can manage your cookie preferences, but please be aware that in order to use some parts of our website you will need to allow certain essential or functional cookies. If you block or subsequently delete those cookies, some aspects of our website may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our website. 

Your options for managing your cookie preferences are as follows: 

THROUGH THE COOKIE PREFERENCE CENTRE ON OUR WEBSITE 

When you access our website, we will ask you to provide consent for our use of non-essential cookies. We may repeat this request on subsequent visits to our website, for example if you delete cookies from your browser or we need to request new consents from you. 

When we seek your consent, you will either be able to provide consent for all non-essential cookies that we would like to use, or you can tailor your cookie preferences (provide consent for some but not all non-essential cookies) using our Cookie Preference Centre. You can also change your preferences and/or withdraw consent at any time by visiting our Cookie Preferences. 

Where cookies are essential to the operation of our website, we can use these without your consent and they cannot be managed using our Cookie Preference Centre. 

USING YOUR BROWSER SETTINGS OR OTHER TOOLS 

You can block the use of cookies generally (not just in respect of our website) by activating the relevant settings in your browser. For more information on cookie management and blocking or deleting cookies for a wide variety of browsers, visit the ICO’s Cookie page here. 

You can opt out of seeing interest-based advertising from companies that participate in opt-out programs by visiting Your Online Choices here